Music Director
China NCPA Orchestra
Artistic Director of Music
China NCPA
About Lü Jia
In 2012, Lü Jia was appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Opera at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, China. Under his musical direction, NCPA's own productions of Lohengrin, The Flying Dutchman, Othello, La Nozze di Figaro, Un Ballo in Maschera, Tosca, and many other works, have received glowing reviews from the international press. With these brand new productions aspiring to high international standards, the NCPA has become a strong contender in the world of opera, and also launched an exciting new chapter in the history of professional opera productions in China.
In the meantime, the NCPA Symphony Orchestra, under Lü's baton, has fast established itself as one of the leading new ensembles in the orchestral world in China, presenting impressive performances season after season.
About China NCPAO
The China NCPA Orchestra is the resident orchestra of NCPA, whose musical director is Lu Jia. The Orchestra has become a national benchmark of the highest standard in the pit, and to date it has played in over 60 operatic productions for NCPA.
On the orchestral side, it programmes and presents performances in a full-year season, impressing the audience with their unique vitality. The Orchestra has cooperated with world-renowned maestros and artists including Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Myung-Whun Chung, Lang Lang, Wang Jian and Kyung-Wha Chung, among others.
Hailed as a brilliant and first-class orchestra, it has toured the United States, Canada, Germany, Korea, Singapore, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates, to name a few.
